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1285328

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that driving test centres are based in town centres.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	151602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency keeps its estate under review to ensure site locations are fit for purpose and provide customers with a value for money service.</p><p> </p><p>Practical test centres are, ideally, located away from congested city centres in suburban and business estates, with access to a meaningful network of roads used for test routes, and are not reliant on accessibility of public transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 15/02/2021 11:15:14 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1285329

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that magistrates' courts are based in town centres.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	151603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2021 answer text <p>Our current magistrates’ court buildings across England and Wales are located in town and city centres, making sure that they are accessible to court users, including by public transport.</p><p> </p><p>Access to justice is our top priority when we consider the future location of any court or tribunal building. There are currently no plans to relocate or acquire new magistrates’ court buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The HMCTS Court and Tribunal Design Guide published in 2019 is clear that when choosing any potential future court sites that they offer a suitable location, accessibility, amenity, security, urban context and planning potential.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/02/2021 11:52:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1285330

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that local tax offices are based in town centres.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	151604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2021 answer text <p>HMRC are committed to their strategy, announced in 2015, of moving to 13 regional centres, all within Government hubs, in city centre locations where the majority of their staff are already based. This is key to HMRC’s and wider Government’s transformation and is aligned with the Places for Growth Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Customer services will not be reduced by the closure of offices. HMRC had already closed their enquiry centres in 2014. Currently almost all business customers deal with the department online and, in 2020, 94 per cent of Self-Assessment returns were filed digitally. In addition to dealing with enquiries by telephone, HMRC have set up an Extra Support Team, providing assistance to taxpayers who need extra help. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, HMRC are unable to offer face to face appointments at this time, but they continue to serve taxpayers through other communication channels. Evidence from customer satisfaction survey results confirms that taxpayers, particularly those who would have satisfied the criteria for a face to face appointment, are happy with these alternative services.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/02/2021 15:27:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1283497

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of categorising crematorium and cemetery staff as frontline healthcare staff for the purposes of the covid-19 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	148681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2021 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are the independent experts who advise the Government on which vaccine/s the United Kingdom should use and provide advice on prioritisation at a population level. The JCVI identified that the vaccination of frontline healthcare workers should be a priority for the COVID-19 vaccination programme, as they are at high risk of acquiring COVID-19 infection and also transmitting that infection to those vulnerable to COVID-19 and other staff.</p><p> </p><p>Crematorium operations may involve handling the deceased and therefore present a risk of exposure to COVID-19. However, these functions do not necessitate entering or accessing a healthcare setting and therefore presents a low risk of transmitting infection to vulnerable persons or other staff in a healthcare environment.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/02/2021 17:31:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1283499

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Funerals: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the number of apprenticeships offered in the funeral and death care sector.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	148682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2021 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are jobs with high-quality training, created by employers, and we encourage businesses in all sectors, including the funeral and death care sector, to use apprenticeships to recruit the right people and develop the skills they need.</p><p>There are two high-quality, employer-designed, apprenticeship standards in the funeral and death care sector available for employers to use; the level 3 funeral director standard and the level 2 funeral team member standard. In 2019-20 academic year, there were 50 starts on the funeral director standard and 140 starts on the funeral team member standard. A level 3 mortuary technician standard and a level 5 embalmer standard are currently in development.</p><p>To help employers in all sectors offer new apprenticeships, they are now able to claim £2,000 for every new apprentice they hire under the age of 25, and £1,500 for new apprentices aged 25 and over. These incentive payments were announced as part of the government’s Plan for Jobs in July 2020 and the extension of the scheme (to the end of March 2021) was announced in the November Spending Review.</p><p>We are committed to supporting employers of all sizes to offer apprenticeships. In the 2021-22 financial year, we are making available £2.5 billion to support apprenticeships in all employers, irrespective of their size.</p><p>We continue to work with smaller employers to give them the confidence and support to take on new apprentices. We are reforming the system so that unspent levy funds can be used more easily not just in big companies, but in the small and medium enterprises too.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 12/02/2021 10:05:17 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1283502

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Funerals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a cross-Departmental lead group to assess the issues affecting the funeral and death care sector.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	148683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>The pan-UK and cross-departmental C19 Death Management programme provides strategic and operational support to those looking after the deceased and supporting the bereaved. This programme is led by the Cabinet Office working closely with the relevant sector, local responders and government departments to ensure the deceased are treated with dignity and respect.</p><p>The Government is considering, as part of its response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s ‘Funeral Markets Investigation’ into the operation of the funeral sector, the enduring requirement for such structures once the immediate pressures from the pandemic have eased. The Government response is being led by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/02/2021 19:59:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1283503

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Protective Clothing: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reinstating the VAT exemption on personal protective equipment for funeral sector workers for the duration of the covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	148684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2021 answer text <p>The temporary zero rate was an extraordinary measure introduced to help affected sectors (such as hospitals and care homes) during the initial acute period of the COVID-19 crisis, when global supply of PPE did not meet demand and PPE was procured directly from the open market.</p><p> </p><p>The funeral sector source their own PPE through their normal supply routes. In extreme circumstances, there is provision for them to approach their Local Resilience Forum (LRF) or local authority, where the LRF has stood down, to discuss access to an emergency supply. Given this, there are no plans to review the VAT treatment of PPE.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/02/2021 13:58:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1282664

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Abortion: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department uses methods other than HSA4 forms for collecting data on abortions involving the home use of both sets of abortion pills beyond 10 weeks' gestation.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	146769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department uses no other method than HSA4 forms for collecting this data.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 05/02/2021 13:09:38 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1277036

registered interest
date	15/01/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have experienced disruption to their (a) diagnosis, (b) referral for treatment and (c) treatment of cancer in the last 12 months as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	138368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not collect the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 138369 question first answered 27/01/2021 14:46:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1277039

registered interest
date	15/01/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer patients have had (a) a test, (b) a scan and (c) treatment delayed or rescheduled since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	138369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not collect the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 138368 question first answered 27/01/2021 14:46:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes